Effectiveness of adenoidectomy in children with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections: Open randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7822, 2011, Pages

  Van Den Aardweg, M T A ^a   Boonacker, C W B ^b   Rovers, M M ^a,b   Hoes, A W ^b   Schilder, A G M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENT EXAMINATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYRINGOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TOOTH DISEASE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WATCHFUL WAITING; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84857396431     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5154     Document Type: Article

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